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1963 Standings

Jim Clark won the 1963 Drivers' Championship for Lotus-Climax. Final 1963 standings — every driver and constructor ranked by points and wins.

Driver Leader
Jim Clark
54 pts · Lotus-Climax
Title Gap
25 pts
Jim Clark over Graham Hill
Constructors
Lotus-Climax
54 pts · gap 18
Most Wins
7
Jim Clark
Control Tower
Drivers Championship
Season
1963 Season Report

Jim Clark won the 1963 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship driving for Lotus-Climax, finishing on 54 points, 25 clear of Graham Hill. Clark won 7 races that season.

Lotus-Climax took the Constructors' Championship with 54 points, 18 ahead of BRM.

3 different drivers won a Grand Prix, and 17 drivers scored championship points.

Championships in this era were decided on a "best results" basis — drivers counted only their highest-scoring finishes towards the title, so season totals can differ from the sum of every race result. Dropped scores were abolished from 1991.

Standings compiled from the Ergast/Jolpica Formula 1 results archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.

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1963 Driver Order

Pos
Driver
Form
Points
Wins
P1
Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace100%
Championship Leader
54
Points
7
Wins
P2
Graham Hill
BRM
Championship Pace54%
25 pts off the lead.
29
Points
2
Wins
P3
Richie Ginther
BRM
Championship Pace54%
25 pts off the lead.
29
Points
0
Wins
P4
John Surtees
Ferrari
Championship Pace41%
32 pts off the lead.
22
Points
1
Wins
P5
Dan Gurney
Brabham
Championship Pace35%
35 pts off the lead.
19
Points
0
Wins
P6
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace31%
37 pts off the lead.
17
Points
0
Wins
P7
Jack Brabham
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace26%
40 pts off the lead.
14
Points
0
Wins
P8
Tony Maggs
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace17%
45 pts off the lead.
9
Points
0
Wins
P9
Innes Ireland
Lotus-BRM
Championship Pace11%
48 pts off the lead.
6
Points
0
Wins
P10
Lorenzo Bandini
BRM
Championship Pace11%
48 pts off the lead.
6
Points
0
Wins
P11
Jo Bonnier
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace11%
48 pts off the lead.
6
Points
0
Wins
P12
Gerhard Mitter
Porsche
Championship Pace6%
51 pts off the lead.
3
Points
0
Wins
P13
Jim Hall
Lotus-BRM
Championship Pace6%
51 pts off the lead.
3
Points
0
Wins
P14
Carel Godin de Beaufort
Porsche
Championship Pace4%
52 pts off the lead.
2
Points
0
Wins
P15
Jo Siffert
Lotus-BRM
Championship Pace2%
53 pts off the lead.
1
Points
0
Wins
P16
Trevor Taylor
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace2%
53 pts off the lead.
1
Points
0
Wins
P17
Ludovico Scarfiotti
Ferrari
Championship Pace2%
53 pts off the lead.
1
Points
0
Wins
P18
Chris Amon
Lola
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P19
Hap Sharp
Lotus-BRM
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P20
Peter Broeker
Stebro
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P21
Maurice Trintignant
Lola
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P22
Mike Hailwood
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P23
Tony Settember
Scirocco
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P24
John Love
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P25
Bernard Collomb
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P26
Phil Hill
ATS
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P27
Masten Gregory
Lotus-BRM
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P28
Moisés Solana
BRM
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P29
Doug Serrurier
LDS
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P30
Bob Anderson
Lola
Championship Pace0%
54 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
About the 1963 championships · How F1 points work

Jim Clark leads the 1963 Drivers Championship with 54 points, holding a 25-point advantage over Graham Hill (BRM). That margin spans roughly two race results, keeping the championship fight alive through the coming rounds.

In the 1963 Constructors Championship, Lotus-Climax leads with 54 points — a 18-point margin over BRM. The Constructors title is decided by the combined points haul of a team's two drivers from every race, making car reliability, pit stop execution, and strategic pairing as important as raw pace.

The current FIA points system awards points to the top ten finishers in every Grand Prix: 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1. An additional point goes to the driver who sets the fastest lap of the race, provided they finish inside the top ten. Sprint events — held on Saturday at select rounds — offer a separate points structure: 8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 for the top eight finishers, counting toward both championships independently of the main race result.

A driver must hold an FIA Super Licence and score at least one championship point to register on the standings. DNFs score zero, but a classified finish — completing at least 90% of the race distance — earns the driver’s finishing position even without a points reward.